Tap area component needs to be removed

[stefa...@gmail.com]

Hi there,

I have recently uploaded our banners to AdWords to be told the following:

"It looks like you are using clickability modified using Tap Area. Google Display Network will no longer support new HTML5 ads with clickability modified using Tap Area in ads from Google Web Designer or using Javascript ExitApi.exit() in ads from other tools. At the same time, existing HTML5 ads with these features will start to be placed in Disapproved status. To fix a disapproved ad, please remove any uses of Tap Area or calls to Javascript ExitApi.exit(). You need to remove modifiability as well."

here are my dynamic properties (see screenshot attached);

Does this mean I will have to replace my Tap Area with a div or something else?

If i delete my Tap Area components then its not going to be possible for products in the carousel to click through.

Any help would be appreciated in terms of what I can do to make this update

[San Khong]

Hi Stefan,

Unfortunately with the new AdWords image ads policy with modified clickability restriction, the carousel is only good to use for autoplay. Any click in the ad will exit the ad to the final URL defined in AdWords.

In your Google Web Designer file, you need to remove all exit events.

Thanks,

San

Google Web Designer team

[stefa...@gmail.com]

the carousel features a number of dynamic products. One at a time. Each frame should have a dynamic URL which comes from the feed which is applied to it. If i remove the tap area component no click through will work at all.

How will i be able to allow the banner to stay clickable but remove the tap area component?

[San Khong]

If you build a dynamic ad, the ad is clickable. For image ads, it's not clickable.

[stefa...@gmail.com]

This is a dynamic Ad but how we can have a number of dynamic click frames on the banner? I.e if the URLS are dynamic from the google feed?

[San Khong]

Yes, the URL are dynamic from the feed. Are you building a retail ad that has the GMC (Google Merchant Center) feed?

[stefa...@gmail.com]

Its a remarketing ad which has a GMC feed yes.

Ive attached a screenshot above to show you how its setup.

produtgroup2 gwd-taparea uses an Exit override URL based on the url from the feed product.0.url which repeats for each item.

My main issue is If i strip out the tap area component this will all be lost & the banner will not understand what to bind the feed URL data to.

[stefa...@gmail.com]

Is this still ok to remain?

The Tap Area component is pulling in the product URL dynamically:

<gwd-taparea data-gwd-grp-id="tapArea2" class="gwd-grp-dzlg gwd-taparea-4pmp" bind-exit-override-url="Product.0.url"></gwd-taparea>

[San Khong]

Stefan, if you upload the ad as an image ad, you will see the upload error with clickability. However, if you upload it as a dynamic ad (Ads > Ad Gallery > Dynamic Ad), you don't need to remove the taparea with the binding to the exit.

[anee...@gmail.com]

Hi San,

I am having the same issue! Created html5 ads without tap area with GWD and when it uploaded as image ad in adwords, the ad appears in display networks and click is all working, but when hovering the mouse cursor it doesn't change to the finger one. I am seeing other html5 ads with clickable cursor and all. How to enable that without tap area?

[Kent]

Switch to Code view and add this CSS to the html or body rule:

cursor: pointer;

Hope that helps, Kent Google Web Designer team